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> > > The First Six Months of George W. Bush:
> > >
> > > By Dr. David A. Sprintzen
> > > Professor of Philosophy
> > > Co-Director, Institute for Sustainable Development
> > > C.W. Post College,
> > > Long Island University
> > > 720 Northern Boulevard
> > > Brookville, NY 11548-1300
> > >
> > >
> > > * Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered
> > > crops.
> > >
> > > * Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
> > >
> > > * Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced paediatric
> > > training.
> > >
> > > * Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
> > >
> > > * Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic drinking
> > > water.
> > >
> > > * Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual
> > > assistance to non-English speaking persons.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands
> > > and
> > > the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii. (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6,
> > > 2001)
> > >
> > > * Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and
> > > trucks.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability
> > > to
> > > deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety,
> > > environmental
> > > and other federal laws.
> > >
> > > * OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to
> > > state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national
> > > monuments
> > > for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure
> > > - to the post of United Nations ambassador.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest
> > > conservation.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals,
> > > clinics
> > > and providers of care for people without insurance.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about
> > > the
> > > potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites
> > > on
> > > Western public lands.
> > >
> > > * Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for
> > > public housing.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate a federal program designed to help communities
> > > (and
> > > successfully used in Seattle) prepare for natural disasters.
> > >
> > > * Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
> > >
> > > * Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages
> > > farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
> > >
> > > * Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move
> > > from
> > > welfare to work.
> > >
> > > * Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to
> > > federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
> > >
> > > * Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
> > >
> > > * Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure-to
> > > Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
> > >
> > > * Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an
> > > animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency
> > > regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
> > >
> > > * Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health
> > > and
> > > safety.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the waste
> > > gas
> > > that contributes to global warming.
> > >
> > > * Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that
> > > offer
> > > abortion counselling with other independent funds.
> > >
> > > * Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and
> > > Outreach.
> > >
> > > * Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive-to post of
> > > Assistant Secretary of Labour for Mine Safety and Health.
> > >
> > > * O.K.'d Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a
> > > controversial
> > > plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast eastern of
> > > Florida.
> > >
> > > * Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National
> > > Forest
> > > to oil and drilling.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would
> > > technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
> > >
> > > * Gutted White House AIDS Office.
> > >
> > > * Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate
> > > safeguards
> > > for the environment and workers' rights.
> > >
> > > * Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in
> > > recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
> > >
> > > * Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the
> > > Interior.
> > >
> > > * Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental
> > > Quality.
> > >
> > > * Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
> > >
> > > * Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly
> > > bear
> > > re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
> > >
> > > * Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
> > >
> > > * Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid
> > > for
> > > college, though convicted murderers can.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco
> > > company
> > > lawsuit.
> > >
> > > * Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the
> > > wealthiest 1%
> > > of Americans.
> > >
> > > * Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to
> > > file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
> > >
> > > * Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do
> > > something
> > > about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power
> > > plants."Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press."
> > >
> > > * Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council
> > > of
> > > Economic Advisers. (Boston Globe, March 28, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action-to
> > > direct
> > > the Office of Personnel Management.
> > >
> > > * Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child
> > > abuse and neglect.
> > >
> > > * Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get
> > > credit
> > > cards.
> > >
> > > * Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that
> > > gives
> > > free books to poor children.
> > >
> > > * Is pushing for development of small nuclear weapons to attack deeply
> > > buried targets-weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban
> > > Treaty.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton-attorney responsible for the
> > > recent
> > > case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act-to federal appeals
> > > court
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of
> > > national
> > > forest from logging and road building.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which
> > > taught
> > > schoolchildren about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and
> > > citizenship.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and
> > > the
> > > U.N. -to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International
> > > Security.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number
> > > two
> > > job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of
> > > church
> > > and state - to a federal judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a
> > > federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high
> > > mileage
> > > cars.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to
> > > head
> > > SEC.
> > >
> > > * Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment
> > > programs - for Drug Czar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy
> > > Secretary of the Interior.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered
> > > Species
> > > Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
> > >
> > > * Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
> > > against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
> > >
> > > * Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug
> > > abuse
> > > prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular
> > > equivalents.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income
> > > individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement
> > > with
> > > the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for
> > > Solicitor General.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental
> > > considerations
> > > - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington
> > > Post, May 18,2001)
> > >
> > > * Proposes to give government the authority to take private property
> > > through eminent domain for power lines.
> > >
> > > * Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable
> > > energy
> > > come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National
> > > Wildlife
> > > Reserve.
> > >
> > > * Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official
> > > government
> > > functions.
> > >
> > > * Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber
> > > industry lobbyist
> > >> > > The First Six Months of George W. Bush:
> > >
> > > By Dr. David A. Sprintzen
> > > Professor of Philosophy
> > > Co-Director, Institute for Sustainable Development
> > > C.W. Post College,
> > > Long Island University
> > > 720 Northern Boulevard
> > > Brookville, NY 11548-1300
> > >
> > >
> > > * Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered
> > > crops.
> > >
> > > * Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
> > >
> > > * Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced paediatric
> > > training.
> > >
> > > * Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
> > >
> > > * Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic drinking
> > > water.
> > >
> > > * Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual
> > > assistance to non-English speaking persons.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands
> > > and
> > > the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii. (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6,
> > > 2001)
> > >
> > > * Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and
> > > trucks.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability
> > > to
> > > deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety,
> > > environmental
> > > and other federal laws.
> > >
> > > * OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to
> > > state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national
> > > monuments
> > > for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure
> > > - to the post of United Nations ambassador.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest
> > > conservation.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals,
> > > clinics
> > > and providers of care for people without insurance.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about
> > > the
> > > potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites
> > > on
> > > Western public lands.
> > >
> > > * Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for
> > > public housing.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate a federal program designed to help communities
> > > (and
> > > successfully used in Seattle) prepare for natural disasters.
> > >
> > > * Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
> > >
> > > * Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages
> > > farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
> > >
> > > * Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move
> > > from
> > > welfare to work.
> > >
> > > * Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to
> > > federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
> > >
> > > * Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
> > >
> > > * Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure-to
> > > Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
> > >
> > > * Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an
> > > animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency
> > > regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
> > >
> > > * Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health
> > > and
> > > safety.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the waste
> > > gas
> > > that contributes to global warming.
> > >
> > > * Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that
> > > offer
> > > abortion counselling with other independent funds.
> > >
> > > * Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and
> > > Outreach.
> > >
> > > * Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive-to post of
> > > Assistant Secretary of Labour for Mine Safety and Health.
> > >
> > > * O.K.'d Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a
> > > controversial
> > > plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast eastern of
> > > Florida.
> > >
> > > * Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National
> > > Forest
> > > to oil and drilling.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would
> > > technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
> > >
> > > * Gutted White House AIDS Office.
> > >
> > > * Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate
> > > safeguards
> > > for the environment and workers' rights.
> > >
> > > * Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in
> > > recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
> > >
> > > * Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the
> > > Interior.
> > >
> > > * Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental
> > > Quality.
> > >
> > > * Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
> > >
> > > * Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly
> > > bear
> > > re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
> > >
> > > * Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
> > >
> > > * Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid
> > > for
> > > college, though convicted murderers can.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco
> > > company
> > > lawsuit.
> > >
> > > * Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the
> > > wealthiest 1%
> > > of Americans.
> > >
> > > * Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to
> > > file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
> > >
> > > * Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do
> > > something
> > > about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power
> > > plants."Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press."
> > >
> > > * Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council
> > > of
> > > Economic Advisers. (Boston Globe, March 28, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action-to
> > > direct
> > > the Office of Personnel Management.
> > >
> > > * Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child
> > > abuse and neglect.
> > >
> > > * Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get
> > > credit
> > > cards.
> > >
> > > * Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that
> > > gives
> > > free books to poor children.
> > >
> > > * Is pushing for development of small nuclear weapons to attack deeply
> > > buried targets-weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban
> > > Treaty.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton-attorney responsible for the
> > > recent
> > > case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act-to federal appeals
> > > court
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of
> > > national
> > > forest from logging and road building.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which
> > > taught
> > > schoolchildren about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and
> > > citizenship.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and
> > > the
> > > U.N. -to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International
> > > Security.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number
> > > two
> > > job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of
> > > church
> > > and state - to a federal judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a
> > > federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high
> > > mileage
> > > cars.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to
> > > head
> > > SEC.
> > >
> > > * Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment
> > > programs - for Drug Czar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy
> > > Secretary of the Interior.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered
> > > Species
> > > Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
> > >
> > > * Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
> > > against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
> > >
> > > * Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug
> > > abuse
> > > prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular
> > > equivalents.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income
> > > individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement
> > > with
> > > the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for
> > > Solicitor General.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental
> > > considerations
> > > - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington
> > > Post, May 18,2001)
> > >
> > > * Proposes to give government the authority to take private property
> > > through eminent domain for power lines.
> > >
> > > * Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable
> > > energy
> > > come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National
> > > Wildlife
> > > Reserve.
> > >
> > > * Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official
> > > government
> > > functions.
> > >
> > > * Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber
> > > industry lobbyist
> > >here
> > > The First Six Months of George W. Bush:
> > >
> > > By Dr. David A. Sprintzen
> > > Professor of Philosophy
> > > Co-Director, Institute for Sustainable Development
> > > C.W. Post College,
> > > Long Island University
> > > 720 Northern Boulevard
> > > Brookville, NY 11548-1300
> > >
> > >
> > > * Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered
> > > crops.
> > >
> > > * Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
> > >
> > > * Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced paediatric
> > > training.
> > >
> > > * Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
> > >
> > > * Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic drinking
> > > water.
> > >
> > > * Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual
> > > assistance to non-English speaking persons.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands
> > > and
> > > the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii. (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6,
> > > 2001)
> > >
> > > * Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and
> > > trucks.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability
> > > to
> > > deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety,
> > > environmental
> > > and other federal laws.
> > >
> > > * OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to
> > > state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national
> > > monuments
> > > for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure
> > > - to the post of United Nations ambassador.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest
> > > conservation.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals,
> > > clinics
> > > and providers of care for people without insurance.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about
> > > the
> > > potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites
> > > on
> > > Western public lands.
> > >
> > > * Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for
> > > public housing.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate a federal program designed to help communities
> > > (and
> > > successfully used in Seattle) prepare for natural disasters.
> > >
> > > * Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
> > >
> > > * Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages
> > > farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
> > >
> > > * Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move
> > > from
> > > welfare to work.
> > >
> > > * Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to
> > > federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
> > >
> > > * Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
> > >
> > > * Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure-to
> > > Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
> > >
> > > * Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an
> > > animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency
> > > regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
> > >
> > > * Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health
> > > and
> > > safety.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the waste
> > > gas
> > > that contributes to global warming.
> > >
> > > * Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that
> > > offer
> > > abortion counselling with other independent funds.
> > >
> > > * Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and
> > > Outreach.
> > >
> > > * Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive-to post of
> > > Assistant Secretary of Labour for Mine Safety and Health.
> > >
> > > * O.K.'d Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a
> > > controversial
> > > plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast eastern of
> > > Florida.
> > >
> > > * Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National
> > > Forest
> > > to oil and drilling.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would
> > > technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
> > >
> > > * Gutted White House AIDS Office.
> > >
> > > * Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate
> > > safeguards
> > > for the environment and workers' rights.
> > >
> > > * Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in
> > > recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
> > >
> > > * Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the
> > > Interior.
> > >
> > > * Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental
> > > Quality.
> > >
> > > * Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
> > >
> > > * Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly
> > > bear
> > > re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
> > >
> > > * Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
> > >
> > > * Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid
> > > for
> > > college, though convicted murderers can.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco
> > > company
> > > lawsuit.
> > >
> > > * Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the
> > > wealthiest 1%
> > > of Americans.
> > >
> > > * Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to
> > > file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
> > >
> > > * Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do
> > > something
> > > about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power
> > > plants."Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press."
> > >
> > > * Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council
> > > of
> > > Economic Advisers. (Boston Globe, March 28, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action-to
> > > direct
> > > the Office of Personnel Management.
> > >
> > > * Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child
> > > abuse and neglect.
> > >
> > > * Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get
> > > credit
> > > cards.
> > >
> > > * Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that
> > > gives
> > > free books to poor children.
> > >
> > > * Is pushing for development of small nuclear weapons to attack deeply
> > > buried targets-weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban
> > > Treaty.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton-attorney responsible for the
> > > recent
> > > case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act-to federal appeals
> > > court
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of
> > > national
> > > forest from logging and road building.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which
> > > taught
> > > schoolchildren about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and
> > > citizenship.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and
> > > the
> > > U.N. -to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International
> > > Security.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number
> > > two
> > > job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of
> > > church
> > > and state - to a federal judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a
> > > federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high
> > > mileage
> > > cars.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to
> > > head
> > > SEC.
> > >
> > > * Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment
> > > programs - for Drug Czar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy
> > > Secretary of the Interior.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered
> > > Species
> > > Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
> > >
> > > * Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
> > > against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
> > >
> > > * Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug
> > > abuse
> > > prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular
> > > equivalents.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income
> > > individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement
> > > with
> > > the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for
> > > Solicitor General.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental
> > > considerations
> > > - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington
> > > Post, May 18,2001)
> > >
> > > * Proposes to give government the authority to take private property
> > > through eminent domain for power lines.
> > >
> > > * Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable
> > > energy
> > > come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National
> > > Wildlife
> > > Reserve.
> > >
> > > * Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official
> > > government
> > > functions.
> > >
> > > * Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber
> > > industry lobbyist
> > >> > > The First Six Months of George W. Bush:
> > >
> > > By Dr. David A. Sprintzen
> > > Professor of Philosophy
> > > Co-Director, Institute for Sustainable Development
> > > C.W. Post College,
> > > Long Island University
> > > 720 Northern Boulevard
> > > Brookville, NY 11548-1300
> > >
> > >
> > > * Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered
> > > crops.
> > >
> > > * Cut federal spending on libraries by $39 million.
> > >
> > > * Cut $35 million in funding for doctors to get advanced paediatric
> > > training.
> > >
> > > * Cut by 50% funding for research into renewable energy sources.
> > >
> > > * Revoked rules that reduced the acceptable levels of arsenic drinking
> > > water.
> > >
> > > * Blocked rules that would require federal agencies to offer bilingual
> > > assistance to non-English speaking persons.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate new marine protections for the Channel Islands
> > > and
> > > the coral reefs of northwest Hawaii. (San Francisco Chronicle, April 6,
> > > 2001)
> > >
> > > * Cut funding by 28% for research into cleaner, more efficient cars and
> > > trucks.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would have strengthened the government's ability
> > > to
> > > deny contracts to companies that violated workplace safety,
> > > environmental
> > > and other federal laws.
> > >
> > > * OK'd Interior Department appointee Gale Norton to send out letters to
> > > state officials soliciting suggestions for opening up national
> > > monuments
> > > for oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and foresting.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Negroponte - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure
> > > - to the post of United Nations ambassador.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned a campaign pledge to invest $100 million for rain forest
> > > conservation.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 86% the Community Access Program for public hospitals,
> > > clinics
> > > and providers of care for people without insurance.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded a proposal to increase public access to information about
> > > the
> > > potential consequences resulting from chemical plant accidents.
> > >
> > > * Suspended rules that would require hardrock miners to clean up sites
> > > on
> > > Western public lands.
> > >
> > > * Cut $60 million from a Boy's and Girl's Clubs of America program for
> > > public housing.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to eliminate a federal program designed to help communities
> > > (and
> > > successfully used in Seattle) prepare for natural disasters.
> > >
> > > * Pulled out of the 1997 Kyoto Treaty global warming agreement.
> > >
> > > * Cut $200 million of work force training for dislocated workers.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the Wetlands Reserve Program, which encourages
> > > farmers to maintain wetlands habitat on their property.
> > >
> > > * Cut program to provide childcare to low-income families as they move
> > > from
> > > welfare to work.
> > >
> > > * Cut a program that provided prescription contraceptive coverage to
> > > federal employees (though it still pays for Viagra).
> > >
> > > * Cut $700 million in capital funds for repairs in public housing.
> > >
> > > * Appointed Otto Reich - an un-indicted high level Iran Contra
> > > figure-to
> > > Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
> > >
> > > * Cut Environmental Protection Agency budget by $500 million.
> > >
> > > * Proposed to curtail the ability of groups to sue in order to get an
> > > animal placed on the Endangered Species List.
> > >
> > > * Rescinded rule that mandated increased energy-saving efficiency
> > > regulations for central air conditioners and heat pumps.
> > >
> > > * Repealed workplace ergonomic rules designed to improve worker health
> > > and
> > > safety.
> > >
> > > * Abandoned campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2), the waste
> > > gas
> > > that contributes to global warming.
> > >
> > > * Banned federal aid to international family planning programs that
> > > offer
> > > abortion counselling with other independent funds.
> > >
> > > * Closed White House Office for Women's Health Initiatives and
> > > Outreach.
> > >
> > > * Nominated David Lauriski - ex-mining company executive-to post of
> > > Assistant Secretary of Labour for Mine Safety and Health.
> > >
> > > * O.K.'d Interior Secretary Gale Norton to go forth with a
> > > controversial
> > > plan to auction oil and gas development tracts off the coast eastern of
> > > Florida.
> > >
> > > * Announced intention to open up Montana's Lewis and Clark National
> > > Forest
> > > to oil and drilling.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to re-draw boundaries of nation's monuments, which would
> > > technically allow oil and gas drilling "outside" of national monuments.
> > >
> > > * Gutted White House AIDS Office.
> > >
> > > * Renegotiating free trade agreement with Jordan to eliminate
> > > safeguards
> > > for the environment and workers' rights.
> > >
> > > * Will no longer seek guidance from The American Bar Association in
> > > recommendations for the federal judiciary appointments.
> > >
> > > * Appointed recycling foe Lynn Scarlett as Undersecretary of the
> > > Interior.
> > >
> > > * Took steps to abolish the White House Council on Environmental
> > > Quality.
> > >
> > > * Cut the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
> > >
> > > * Allowed Interior Secretary Gale Norton to shelve citizen-led grizzly
> > > bear
> > > re-introduction plan scheduled for Idaho and Montana wilderness.
> > >
> > > * Continues to hold up federal funding for stem cell research projects.
> > >
> > > * Makes sure convicted misdemeanor drug users cannot get financial aid
> > > for
> > > college, though convicted murderers can.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued cleanup of uranium-slag heap in Utah.
> > >
> > > * Refused to fund continued litigation of the government's tobacco
> > > company
> > > lawsuit.
> > >
> > > * Proposed a $2 trillion tax cut, of which 43% will go to the
> > > wealthiest 1%
> > > of Americans.
> > >
> > > * Signed a bill making it harder for poor and middle-class Americans to
> > > file for bankruptcy, even in the case of daunting medical bills.
> > >
> > > * Appointed a Vice President quoted as saying "If you want to do
> > > something
> > > about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power
> > > plants."Vice President Dick Cheney on "Meet the Press."
> > >
> > > * Appointed Diana "There is no gender gap in pay" Roth to the Council
> > > of
> > > Economic Advisers. (Boston Globe, March 28, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Appointed Kay Cole James - an opponent of affirmative action-to
> > > direct
> > > the Office of Personnel Management.
> > >
> > > * Cut $15.7 million earmarked for states to investigate cases of child
> > > abuse and neglect.
> > >
> > > * Helped kill a law designed to make it tougher for teenagers to get
> > > credit
> > > cards.
> > >
> > > * Proposed elimination of the "Reading is Fundamental" program that
> > > gives
> > > free books to poor children.
> > >
> > > * Is pushing for development of small nuclear weapons to attack deeply
> > > buried targets-weapons, which would violate the Comprehensive Test Ban
> > > Treaty.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to nominate Jeffrey Sutton-attorney responsible for the
> > > recent
> > > case weakening the Americans with Disabilities Act-to federal appeals
> > > court
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to reverse regulation protecting 60 million acres of
> > > national
> > > forest from logging and road building.
> > >
> > > * Eliminated funding for the "We the People" education program which
> > > taught
> > > schoolchildren about the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and
> > > citizenship.
> > >
> > > * Appointed John Bolton - who opposes non proliferation treaties and
> > > the
> > > U.N. -to Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International
> > > Security.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Linda Fisher - an executive with Monsanto-for the number
> > > two
> > > job at the Environmental Protection Agency.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Michael McConnell - leading critic of the separation of
> > > church
> > > and state - to a federal judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrence Boyle - ardent opponent of civil rights - to a
> > > federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Canceled 2004 deadline for automakers to develop prototype high
> > > mileage
> > > cars.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Harvey Pitts - lawyer for teen sex video distributor-to
> > > head
> > > SEC.
> > >
> > > * Nominated John Walters - strong opponent of prison drug treatment
> > > programs - for Drug Czar. (Washington Post, May 16, 2001)
> > >
> > > * Nominated J. Steven Giles - an oil and coal lobbyist - for Deputy
> > > Secretary of the Interior.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Bennett Raley - who advocates repealing the Endangered
> > > Species
> > > Act - for Assistant Secretary for Water and Science.
> > >
> > > * Is seeking the dismissal of class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
> > > against Japan by Asian women forced to work as sex slaves during WWII.
> > >
> > > * Earmarked $4 million in new federal grant money for HIV and drug
> > > abuse
> > > prevention programs to go only to religious groups and not secular
> > > equivalents.
> > >
> > > * Reduced by 40% the Low Income Home Assistance Program for low-income
> > > individuals who need assistance paying energy bills.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Ted Olson - who has repeatedly lied about his involvement
> > > with
> > > the Scaiffe-funded "Arkansas Project" to bring down Bill Clinton - for
> > > Solicitor General.
> > >
> > > * Nominated Terrance Boyle - foe of civil rights - to a federal
> > > judgeship.
> > >
> > > * Proposes to ease permit process - including environmental
> > > considerations
> > > - for refinery, nuclear and hydroelectric dam construction. (Washington
> > > Post, May 18,2001)
> > >
> > > * Proposes to give government the authority to take private property
> > > through eminent domain for power lines.
> > >
> > > * Proposes that $1.2 billion in funding for alternative renewable
> > > energy
> > > come from selling oil and gas lease tracts in the Alaska National
> > > Wildlife
> > > Reserve.
> > >
> > > * Plans on serving genetically engineered foods at all official
> > > government
> > > functions.
> > >
> > > * Forced out Forest Service chief Mike Dombeck and appointed a timber
> > > industry lobbyist
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